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Known for
Actor
Gender
Male
Date of Birth
1975-10-10
Location
Texas, United States
Edit pageMarc Menchaca
Biography
Marc Menchaca (born October 10, 1975) is an American actor, writer, and director. He was co-director, co-writer, and lead actor of the 2013 Heartland Film Festival Award Winning movie This Is Where We Live, and was awarded best actor at the Breckenridge Film Festival in 2016 for his lead role in the film Reparation.
He has appeared in several television shows including Ozark in 2018, and The Sinner, Manifest, and The Outsider in 2019.
Menchaca first became interested in performing as a student at Central High School. After graduating, he attended Texas A&M University, earning a bachelor's degree in English; it was also where he acted in his first play.
He attended a summer acting program at the Circle in the Square Theatre School in Manhattan before deciding to pursue an acting career in his twenties. He is an alumnus of the William Esper Studio.
Menchaca was co-director, co-writer, and lead actor of the 2013 Heartland Film Festival Award Winning movie This Is Where We Live, In 2015, he played a lead role as Bob Stevens, a veteran struggling with memory loss, in the Kyle Ham-directed film Reparation.
It earned him the best actor award at the Breckenridge Film Festival, with the film receiving a further 10 festival awards, including the Austin Film Festival‘s Audience Choice prize and Best Film at the Santa Fe Film Festival.
On October 6, 2022, Menchaca married British actress Lena Headey in Apulia, Italy.He is of Mexican descent on his paternal side.
